Is Erica Mena Still Friends With Her Old Boss, Kim Kardashian West?
Long before she was cast on Love & Hip-Hop, Erica Mena was very much equipped with the reality television world — all thanks to the Kardashian family.
Prior to becoming a Reality TV Queen herself, Mena worked under the Kardashian sisters as a sales clerk — Dash Doll — and made a few cameos on the famous family’s spinoff series, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.
Despite eventually being fired by Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian due to her constant attitude, tardiness, and foul mouth, the LHH star recently admitted that she’s still good friends with the reality stars. But what about Kim Kardashian West?
Mena developed friendships with all three of the Kardashian sisters
Mena may have worked exclusively with Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian during her days as a Dash Doll, but they’re not the only ones in the family she struck up a friendship with.
The feisty reality star also became good friends with Kardashian West while working under the famous family.
Though the Keeping Up With the Kardashians stars ended up firing her from her position as a sales associate, Mena has remained good friends with them and will always be grateful to the famous family for giving her her first taste of reality TV.
The LHH star’s connection to the Kardashian sisters dates back to 2009 when she was hired to work at Miami’s now-shuttered Dash Boutique by the Poosh founder after meeting through mutual friends.
Though Mena and Kardashian became friends almost instantly, it wasn’t long after she became a Dash Doll that she started having various run-ins with her bosses over her apathetic attitude.
While appearing on Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Mena established herself as something of a villainess by showing problematic behavior in the world of retail.
There was even an entire episode dedicated to Kourtney and Khloé threatening to fire her for continually having an attitude, showing up late for work, talking on the phone while on the sales floor, and cursing at customers.
With Mena’s behavior being an ongoing issue, she eventually loses her job. But despite being fired, the reality star harbors no hard feels toward the Kardashian sisters.
She still keeps in touch with the famous sisters
In a 2014 interview with VladTV, Mena admitted that she’s still good friends with the Kardashian sisters and credited them for teaching her the ropes of how things work in the entrepreneurial industry.
“Working for them for the year that I worked with them was the best year of my life,” she said. “I got to not only study how they take the simplest things from a bottle of water and put Kardashian on it and are able to sell, but how they’re still able to keep family [as] the reason that they do all that they do.”
Though they don’t talk very often, Mena and the Kardashians continue to remain good friends. The reality star even admitted that she’s had a solid friendship with Kardashian West for years.
Not only did the KKW founder personally invite Mena to the new DASH store opening in Miami in 2014, she recently gave the LHH star a sweet birthday shoutout, proving that they’re still friends today.
In November 2018, Kardashian West voiced her love for Mena on her Instagram Stories while praising the reality star and husband, Safaree Samuels, for recreating her and Kanye West’s 2013 Met Gala looks.
In addition to expressing her love for Mena, Kardashian also shared that the former Scared Famous contestant will forever be a member of the Kardashian Krew.
She added, “I love you. I hope you have the best day. Dash doll forever.”
